THE DID-HE-DO-IT 



MR. " did-he-do-it " is a dandy of the first 

 water. I should like to add "and so is 

 his wife," for she dresses exactly as he 

 does, and is every bit as particular 

 regarding her personal appearance, but owing to the 

 peculiarity of our Anglo-Saxon tongue, it is incorrect 

 to apply the term " dandy " to a lady, and there appears 

 to be no feminine equivalent of it. I must therefore 

 be content to say that Mrs. Did-he-do-it is a dressy 

 little person. Before describing the attire of the Did- 

 he-do-it let me say that the bird is correctly styled the 

 red-wattled lapwing. Ornithologists used to call it 

 Lobivanellus goensis, but this was found to be a bit of a 

 mouthful for even an ornithologist ; accordingly the 

 bird is now named Sarcogrammus indicus for short. 



The Did-he-do-it belongs to the noble family of 

 plovers. Its head, neck, and upper back are black, 

 and the under parts are white. A broad white band 

 runs down each side of the neck from the eye to join 

 the white of the under parts. The wings are of a 

 beautiful greenish-bronze hue ; the legs are bright 

 yellow. The beak is crimson -red, as is the forwardly 

 pointing wattle which forms so conspicuous a feature of 

 the bird's physiognomy. The lapwing is thus an easy 



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